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Can we all "have it all"?

2,386,246 views | Anne-Marie Slaughter • TEDGlobal 2013

Public policy expert Anne-Marie Slaughter made waves with her 2012 article, "Why women still can't have it all." But really, is this only a question for women? Here Slaughter expands her ideas and explains why shifts in work culture, public policy and social mores can lead to more equality -- for men, women, all of us.

Public policy expert Anne-Marie Slaughter made waves with her 2012 article, "Why women still can't have it all." But really, is this only a question for women? Here Slaughter expands her ideas and explains why shifts in work culture, public policy and social mores can lead to more equality -- for men, women, all of us.

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Anne-Marie Slaughter

Anne-Marie Slaughter

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Anne-Marie Slaughter has exploded the conversation around women’s work-life balance.

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